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United States men’s relay team disqualified after one swimmer jumps the gun

One one-hundredth of a second kept the United States men's individual relay team from winning at the world championships on Sunday in Spain. Though the team handily won the race, they were disqualified for  Kevin Cordes  leaving the blocks .01 of a second too early. At 1:10 in the video,  Cordes ' error happens. As backstroker  Matt Grevers  came in to touch the wall, Cordes made a fast dive into the water to swim the breast stroke. Sensors on the blocks monitor the switch between legs of a relay. They allow for a swimmer to leave as early as .03 of a second, but Cordes jumped  at .04 of a second. After Nathan Adrian swam the anchor leg and easily touched the wall first, the U.S. team, which also included  Ryan Lochte , celebrated their win. They then saw the disqualification. As France celebrates, the crestfallen Americans walk away. "I thought I hit it perfectly, but I guess I was too fast," Cordes said to  NBC  after the disqualification. "There

'2 Guns' Hits Target at Box Office

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ET Online/Robert Pace - '2 Guns' Hits Target at Box Office Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg proved to be a successful box-office combo this weekend, as their joint action-comedy film  2 Guns  finished atop the box office with an estimated $27.4 million domestic. Relinquishing the top spot to Washington and Wahlberg was  Hugh Jackman 's  The Wolverine , which finished a near second in its second weekend of release with $21.7 million. PICS: Role Call: Who Got Hired in Hollywood? The  X-Men  series film is now $5 million from passing $100 million domestic, which it has already achieved abroad with an incredible $159 million. Of its $254 million worldwide total, 63 percent of it gross total has been amassed abroad. Finishing in third at the box office was animated sequel  The Smurfs 2 , which pulled in $18.2 million in its opening weekend. Although the film, starring  Katy Perry ,  George Lopez , and  Fred Armisen  as voice actors, was ups